Mechanical toy.



0. THOMPSON. MECHANICAL TOY. APPLICATION FILED JULY23,1913.

Patented Oct.13,1914.

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THE NORRIS PEIERS CON PHOTO-LITHOU WASHING TON, D. k.

0. THOMPSON.

MECHANIGAL TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2a. 1913.

1,1 1 3,587. Patented 00c. 13, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS c0, PHOTO-L|THO.. WASHINGTON. D. c.

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MEGHANIGAL TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1913.

1,113,587. Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

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CHARLES THOMPSON, or ro'za'rtarm, oaaGoiv.

TED STATES PATENT orrroa.

MECHANICAL 'roY.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES THOMPSON, a citizen of the Unlted States, resldlng at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and ance, causing it to rearupon its hind legs,

sit up, fall upon all fours, shake its head and growl'. It is also provided with means for coughing up nuggets and similar articles.

I accomplish these objects by means ofthe improvements illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the bear on all fours. Fig. 2 is a top view oi the operating"mechanism shown-in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows the bear in a sitting posture. Fig. 4 shows the bear standing on its hind legs.

Like parts, throughout the several views, are referred to by similar reference char acters. 7

Referring to the drawings in detail, a bear pelt 1 is shown mounted on a wire frame 1 which is attached to apivot plate 1 pivotally mounted on vertical standards 3 at 3*. Standards 3 are rigidly mounted on horizontal levers 54 pivotally atached to a bracket 7 57 at 58 and held up'by springs56. Said bracket 57 is rigidly attached to the lowerside of a floor 2 which is provided with an orifice 2 through which standards 3 extend in such manner as to carry the bear above said floor as shown. The upper ends of standard 3 are provided with slide bearings 4 adapted to receive vertical slide bars 6 which are pivotally'attached at its lower end to a horizontal lever 53 at and may be raised or lowered by means of said levers 53, which are pivotallyattached to bracket 57 at 59. Lifting arms 8 pivotally mounted on swinging arms 34 at 33 are attached at their outer ends to a circular band 9 can rying the forward portion of Wire frame 1 and at their rearward end are pivotally attached to slides 6 and 7. Said swinging arms 34 are pivotally mounted onstandards 3 at 5. Attached to circular band 9 are springs 10 carrying depending arms 11 to which foot bars 12 are pivotally attached Specification of Lettcrshlatent. patentgfl O t, 13 1914 Application fi1ed July 23, 1913.

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tached at their lower ends the bears front paws at 14.

The hereinbefore described mechanism constitutes the means used to bring the bear to the inside of into a sitting or standing position, or will bring 1t down onto all fours as shown.

In order to make the bears hind legs slide forward when bringing it to a sittingposition, rollers 68 are provided. Said rollers are mounted on Wires 69 attached to pivot plate 1 springs 51 having extensions 51 attached to wires 69 and to brackets 50 in such manner as to draw the hind legs back into posi tion shown in Fig. 1, when the bear is made to stand or fall on all fours. To bring the bear into a sitting position, as shown in Fig.

3, the lever 54 is first lowered and then lever 53 is lowered. To cause the bear to stand up,as shown in Fig. 4 only, lever 53 is lowered, lever 54 remaining in uppermost position. The flexible connections of the vfront legs causes them to fall into their proper positions through force of gravity.

In order to move the bears head, it is mounted on a mechanism consisting of extension bars 30 attached to raising bars 8 and having swinging bars 18 pivotally mounted thereon at 17. Said horizontal swinging bars 18 are provided with slide bearings 19 adapted to carry horizontal slide bars 16 having their inner ends bent downwardly at 16 and their outer ends hingedy attached to slide bar extensions 21.

at 20. Said slide bar extensions 21 are hingedly attached to the inside of the bears head at-22, as shown. Springs 15 are held between the end ofraising bars 8 and the downwardly bent ends'16 of slide bars 16 so as to hold the head forward. Extension bars '32 areattached toraising bars 8 and are adapted to carry pivot bars 28 pivotally attached thereto at 29 and carrying slides 27.. Head raising bars 24 are pivotally attached to slides'27 at 26 and to the inside ofthe bears headat 23. Springs 25 are placed between bars 18 and 28 to hold the head in a normal position.

To raise the head, cords 70 are attached to slide 27 and pass over pulleys 71 through the bodyand thence through the hind legs to a convenient point below the floor. By pulling at 13. Said foot bars 12 are hingedly atv these cords, head raising bars 24 are forced forwardland upward so as to raise the head. Cords 63 are attached to ends 28 of bars 28 and pass around the pulleys 63 in such manner that they can be used to move the bears head sidewise by pulling upon them as desired, the head swinging upon pivot points 17 and 2. The lower jaw of the bear is pivotally mounted at 66 and is held in closed position by meansv of spring 67, but may be opened by pulling upon cord 64 attached to the lower jaw at 65 and passing over a pulley 7 2.

l Vhen using the bear. for exhibition purposes it may be found desirable to use a live cub bear in connection therewith, and therefore to make the mechanical bear. appear more natural it would be advisable to pro vide teats 47- connected by means of tube 46, to a milk reservoir 62 provided with a weighted plunger 61 to force the milk upto said teats. A cord 60 is used to raise said plungerfil so as to removethe pressure on the milk if desired. In order to make the bear useful as, an advertising medium it can be made tocough up gold nuggets or similar articles as premiums or discounts for goods purchased. For this purpose a nugget tube 36 provided with a filler opening is so disposed within the body of the bear as to slope slightly downwardly toward the head and is provided with an extension 36 reaching to the mouth and connected with the tube 36 by a contracted rubber tube 48. Said rubber tube 48 prevents the nuggets from falling out, but will allow them to be coughed out when air is forced into the rear end of the nugget tube 36 through air hose .49 connected with an air supply source and regulated by valve 52. To raise the bears back when coughing a flexible plate 39 is fastened to the inside of the back and may be forced upward by means of bar 40 pivotally mounted on bell crank 42 which is mounted on arm 8 at 43 and may be actuated by means of cord 44 attached to the bell crank at 45.

y What is claimed, is

" l. A mechanical bear comprising a frame,

a pelt mounted" on said frame, a pivot plate attached to said frame, vertical standards adapted to pivotally carry said pivot plate, horizontal actuating levers attached to the lower ends of said standards so as to raise or lower the standard, raising and lowering bars horizontally disposed within said frame, a circular band adapted to attach the forward end of said frame to the ends of said raising bars, swinging arms mounted at the top of the aforesaid standards and adapted to carry said raising bars at a point intermediate of the ends thereof, slide bearings attachedto sald standards so as to receive vertical slide bars pivotally attached at their upper ends to the rearward ends of said raisco ies: this patent may be obtained for ing bars and at their lower ends to lifting levers, all so arranged as to raise said bear to a sitting or standing position or lower it to all fours, substantially as described.

2. In a mechanical bear having a frame, a pelt covering said frame and raising bars horizontally disposed within said frame and pivotally attached near the rear thereof so that the forward ends may be raised, horizontal extension bars attached to said raising bars, horizontal pivot bars pivotally mounted on said extension bars and provided with slide bearings, horizontal slide bars adapted to slide within said slide bearings, springs held between said slide bars and the aforesaid raising arms, hinge members hingedly attached at the forward ends of said slide bars and also hingedly attached to the inside of the bears head, lower pivot extensions attached to the forward ends of said raising bars, pivot bars having projecting operating arms pivotally mounted on said lower pivot extensions, slides adapted to slide on said last mentioned pivot bars, short bars pivotally mounted on said last mentioned slides and attached to the inside of the bears head, and springs vertically disposed between said last mentioned pivot bars and said first mentioned slide bars and means for actuating said mechanism so as to raise or lower the bears head or turn it from side to side.

3. A mechanical bear comprising a frame, a pelt mounted on said frame, teats protruding therefrom, a tube connected with said teats, and also connected with a milk containing cylinder, provided with a weighted plunger adapted to force the milk through said tube and teats.

4:. A mechanical bear comprising a frame, a pelt mounted on said frame, a feed tube provided with a filling opening and adapted to hold small articles, an extension tube connected with said feed tube by means of a five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner or Batents.

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